Overweight men can boost low testosterone levels by losing weight

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/tes-omc062412.php

Public release date: 25-Jun-2012
Contact: Aaron Lohr
The Endocrine Society

Weight loss can reduce the prevalence of low testosterone levels in overweight, middle-aged men with prediabetes by almost 50 percent, a new study finds. Results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston.

"Doctors should first encourage overweight men with low testosterone levels to try to lose weight through diet and exercise before resorting to testosterone therapy to raise their hormone levels," said study co-author Frances Hayes, MD, professor at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin.

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